Endangered Species Research

Directions:

• Go to the following site: http://www.fws.gov/endangered/. On the left click on the link that reads Laws, Policies and Federal Register Notices. Scroll down and in the center of the page, click on “The Endangered Species Act.” On that page, look at the Endangered Species Act, History, the Glossary, Overview, etc. Remember that Acrobat files are available for you under “Class Resources.”
• Now go to http://www.fws.gov/endangered/wildlife.html by typing in the address or clicking on “Threatened and Endangered Wildlife and Plants” from the previous page. This page will help you answer many of the research questions on your data sheet. Click on different topics on this page and answer the research questions on your sheet. Choose an endangered or threatened species to research more.
• Should the government links not work, as they so frequently do not, please go to “Class Resources” to find saved webpages. Thanks.
• Investigate at other sites starting with http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endangered_species.
• Another site to try is http://eelink.net/EndSpp/.
• http://www.worldwildlife.org/endangered/index.cfm is another good site.
• This next site, http://endangeredspecie.com/map.htm, allows you to click on a US map for endangered species.
• http://endangeredearth.com/ has more info if you still can’t find what you are looking for.
• http://www.fws.gov/species/is another government link.
• The National Wildlife Federation also has info at http://www.nwf.org/endangered/.
• The Environmental Defense Fund has limited info at http://www.nwf.org/endangered/.